Re: [gentoo-user] [A bit off-topic] Bash alias and &

[Adam Carter]

Another option is to suspend the foreground process (ctrl-Z) then you can
background it by typing bg, which will resume running and put it in the
background.

 # sleep 10
^Z
[1]+  Stopped                 sleep 10
m # bg
[1]+ sleep 10 &
#